In July 1969, he entered the Air Force and was assigned to the Space Division in El Segundo, Calif., where he specialized in advanced tactical communications satellites.

Both degrees were in electrical engineering. He earned a bachelor's degree at State University of New York in Buffalo in 1967 and a master's at Northeastern Univeristy in Boston in 1969. 24, 1944, in Detroit, Jarvis graduated from high school in Mohawk, N.Y. Jarvis, who had described himself as a 'workaholic,' spent his spare time practicing classical guitar, river rafting, riding his bicycle and playing squash and racquetball.Д«orn Aug. He also was replaced, this time by Nelson, on a flight of the shuttle Columbia, which landed Jan. Jarvis had been scheduled to make his first shuttle flight - aboard the spacecraft Discovery - last April, but his place was taken by Garn, who became the first member of Congress in space. These had been planned to provide information on the design of liquid-fueled rockets. So I feel very, very comfortable.'ДЄs a payload specialist, Jarvis said that he wouldn't have much to do during the liftoff and would 'be holding onto my seat.'ДЄ civilian engineer for Hughes Aircraft Co., Jarvis was to have conducted six days of experiments on the effects of weightlessness on fluid carried in tanks. 'You get very comfortable that for any contingency they know what to do. Just before yesterday's flight, Jarvis, 41, said he was 'excited, but not nervous.' Jake Garn (R-Utah) and earlier this month by Rep.

Jarvis had been eagerly looking forward to the Challenger mission after being bumped from two previous flights: last year by Sen.

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